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i guess you could say almost any of jodi picoult books, they do shift in not only perspective but time in some of her novels

i have to admit i have read a few historical fiction books and one that i will always been drawn back to every time would have to be The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne its context; Nazi Germany

well since i last posted in this forum i have read; my sisters keeper perfect match tenth cirlce nineteen minutes & the pact i have to admit picoult's writing does show alot of research and thought into the plots etc, but her style seems repetitive in a way, but i guess thats why many as...

i got early entry to UNE and SCU both uni's accepted me for Bachelor of Education (Primary) but i decided to defer for a year so ill be studying at UNE in 2009 =] congrats to everyone else who got early entry's as well

im not that concerned anymore i was initally, about a week or so after my exams had finished, but then i got busy with work and got distracted and in the meantime i had recieved two offers at two different unis through early round offers and such, so my results arent really going to concern me...

anyone.....?

(i hope this thread is in the right spot) im looking at doing primary education, but the idea of becoming a school counsellor is really something that i am leaning towards doing as well. upon my scrolling through the uac guide, i found a course that allows students to become a teacher and...

The Secrets of a Fire King - Kim Edwards (a collection of short stories)

i tried a few book shops where i live, and they seem to be somewhat behind in alot of the books that frank warren has released on the post secret concept. i went into dymocks and asked them about it, and they said that the only book set for release by him this year in Australia was the 'My...

that reminds me of our year 10 pe class, i think someone asked if you could still have sex with a chick if she was pregnant and the teacher responded with something like 'well i was having sex with my wife when she was pregnant, up til 3 weeks before she gave birth'

i actually felt somewhat prepared in a way for some whacked out quote, for our trials we had a really weird kind of quote which we had to adapt to our personality, so i guess i was used to doing that. once i thought about it, the question really did and didnt seem to fit Leni, so thats how i...

Re: possible pacific question one of the modern teachers at school made note of the fact that they havent asked a question on the 'reasons for the use of the A bomb and the subsequent controversy of its use' and reckons there is a fair chance they could ask a question on it. which would be...

our english teacher said that the paper was a gift. i found it to be an alright paper, my prepared essays fitted with each of the questions which was awesome, there was only a little tweaking i had to do to make sure they had covered what was being asked of me, but other than that, i found it...

our irp this year was only worth 20% which is a little disppointing beecause it involves alot of work, and is a pretty important assessment.

speaking of asking for more exam booklets, our english teacher told us a story about a student who raised her hand for another booklet, and no one noticed her for over 10 minutes, she said if you want another booklet put your hand up when you know your coming close to running out of space and if...